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Events in the year 1903 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 36 (明治36年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura
Akita Prefecture: Shiba Sankarasu then Ichiro Tsubaki
Aomori Prefecture: Ichiji Yamanouchi then Katsutaro Inuzuka then Shotaro Nishizawa
Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro
Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto
Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru
Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori then Tokuhisa Tsunenori
Ibaraki Prefecture: Chuzo Kono then Teru Terahara
Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo
Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda
Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe then Munakata Tadashi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki
Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha
Miyagi Prefecture: Terumi Tanabe
Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro
Nagano Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide
Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe
Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa
Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki
Shiname Prefecture: Ryogen Kaneo then Matsunaga Takeyoshi
Tochigi Prefecture: Sugai Makoto
Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
Toyama Prefecture: Rika Ryusuke
Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi
Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo

Events

March 1 – 1903 Japanese general election: The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 175 of the 376 seats, but lost its majority.
July 7 – Momijigari, the oldest extant Japanese film, premiers. It runs until August 1.^[2]
Unknown date – Kagome was founded, as predecessor name was Aichi Tomato Food Processing in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture.^{[page needed]}

Births

January 2 – Kane Tanaka, supercentenarian (oldest verified Japanese person and the second oldest verified person ever) (d. 2022)
January 7 – Mori Mari, author (d. 1987)
January 25 – Fumiko Kaneko, anarchist (d. 1926)^[a]
February 3 – Yasutarō Yagi, screenwriter (d. 1987)
February 5 – Koto Matsudaira, diplomat (d. 1994)
February 18 – Tokihiko Okada, silent film actor (d. 1934)
March 6 – Empress Kōjun, empress consort of Emperor Hirohito (d. 2000)
March 30 – Chiezō Kataoka, actor (d. 1983)
April 11 - Misuzu Kaneko, poet (d. 1930)
May 19 - Shimoe Akiyama, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2019)
June 8 – Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (d. 1922)
June 22 – Jiro Horikoshi, aircraft designer and engineer (d. 1982)
August 3 – Roppa Furukawa, film actor (d. 1961)
September 7 – Kensaku Shimaki, writer (d. 1945)
October 1 – Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Olympic swimmer (d. 1986)
October 13 – Takiji Kobayashi, writer (d. 1933)
November 3 – Shizue Shiono, film actor (d. 1962)^[4]
December 12 – Yasujirō Ozu, film director and screenwriter (d. 1963)
December 31 – Fumiko Hayashi, writer (d. 1951)

Deaths

February 18
- Prince Komatsu Akihito, Field Marshal, Chief of the General Staff (b. 1846)
- Onoe Kikugorō V, kabuki actor (b. 1844)
April 28 – Saigō Tanomo, Shinto priest, martial artist and former Samurai (b. 1830)
May 22 – Misao Fujimura, student and poet (b. 1886)
June 29 – Rentarō Taki, pianist (b. 1879)
August 27 – Kusumoto Ine, physician, first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan (b. 1827)
September 13 – Ichikawa Danjūrō IX, kabuki actor (b. 1838)
October 30 – Ozaki Kōyō, author (b. 1868)

Notes

^ The exact dates of Kaneko’s life are uncertain. The official record lists her birthday as January 25, 1902, but this record was created years after her birth, and is therefore unreliable. Her date of birth listed here is based on coinciding statements made by both of her parents.^[3]

References

^ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ Irie, Yoshiro (2009). "Saiko no Nihon eiga ni tsuite" (PDF). Tōkyō Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kenkyū Kiyō (in Japanese) (13). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: 67. ISSN 0914-7489. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ Raddeker, Hélène Bowen (1997). Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan: Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies. London: Routledge. pp. 202–203. ISBN 9780415171120.
^ Kinema Junpōsha (1980). 日本映画俳優全集・女優編 [Complete Works of Japanese Film Actors and Actresses] (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Kinema Junpōsha. p. 424. OCLC 22823615.

[4] The exact dates of Kaneko’s life are uncertain. The official record lists her birthday as January 25, 1902, but this record was created years after her birth, and is therefore unreliable. Her date of birth listed here is based on coinciding statements made by both of her parents.^[3]

[1] "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[Irie-2] Irie, Yoshiro (2009). "Saiko no Nihon eiga ni tsuite" (PDF). Tōkyō Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kenkyū Kiyō (in Japanese) (13). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: 67. ISSN 0914-7489. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[3] Raddeker, Hélène Bowen (1997). Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan: Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies. London: Routledge. pp. 202–203. ISBN 9780415171120.

[5] Kinema Junpōsha (1980). 日本映画俳優全集・女優編 [Complete Works of Japanese Film Actors and Actresses] (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Kinema Junpōsha. p. 424. OCLC 22823615.

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 {{Year in Japan|1903}}
 Events in the year '''1903 in [[Japan]]'''. It corresponds to '''[[Meiji period|Meiji]] 36''' (明治36年) in the [[Japanese calendar]].
 ==Incumbents==
-*[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]: [[Emperor Meiji]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Meiji {{!}} emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meiji |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
+*[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]: [[Emperor Meiji]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Meiji {{!}} emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meiji |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
+===Governors===
+*[[List of governors of Aichi Prefecture|Aichi Prefecture]]: [[Masaaki Nomura]]
+*Akita Prefecture: [[Shiba Sankarasu]] then [[Ichiro Tsubaki]]
+*Aomori Prefecture: [[Ichiji Yamanouchi]] then [[Katsutaro Inuzuka]] then [[Shotaro Nishizawa]]
+*Ehime Prefecture: [[Tai Neijro]]
+*Fukui Prefecture: [[Suke Sakamoto]]
+*Fukushima Prefecture: [[Arita Yoshisuke]]
+*Gifu Prefecture: [[Kawaji Toshikyo]]
+*Gunma Prefecture: [[Yoshimi Teru]]
+*[[Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima Prefecture]]: [[Asada Tokunori]] then [[Tokuhisa Tsunenori]]
+*[[List of governors of Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki Prefecture]]: [[Chuzo Kono]] then [[Teru Terahara]]
+*Iwate Prefecture: [[Ganri Hojo]]
+*Kagawa Prefecture: [[Motohiro Onoda]]
+*Kochi Prefecture: [[Kinyuu Watanabe]] then [[Munakata Tadashi]]
+*[[List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto Prefecture]]: [[Egi Kazuyuki]]
+*[[List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto Prefecture]]: [[Baron Shoichi Omori]]
+*Mie Prefecture: [[Kamon Furusha]]
+*[[List of governors of Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi Prefecture]]: [[Terumi Tanabe]]
+*Miyazaki Prefecture: [[Toda Tsunetaro]]
+*[[List of governors of Nagano Prefecture|Nagano Prefecture]]: [[Seki Kiyohide]]
+*[[List of governors of Niigata Prefecture|Niigata Prefecture]]: [[Hiroshi Abe (governor)|Hiroshi Abe]]
+*Oita Prefecture: [[Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi]]
+*[[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa Prefecture]]: [[Shigeru Narahara]]
+*[[List of governors of Saga Prefecture|Saga Prefecture]]: [[Fai Kagawa]]
+*[[List of governors of Saitama Prefecture|Saitama Prefecture]]: [[Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi]]
+*[[List of governors of Shiga Prefecture|Shiga Prefecture]]: [[Sada Suzuki]]
+*Shiname Prefecture: [[Ryogen Kaneo]] then [[Matsunaga Takeyoshi]]
+*Tochigi Prefecture: [[Sugai Makoto]]
+*Tokushima Prefecture: [[Saburo Iwao]]
+*[[Governor of Tokyo|Tokyo]]: [[Baron Sangay Takatomi]]
+*Toyama Prefecture: [[Rika Ryusuke]]
+*Yamagata Prefecture: [[Tanaka Takamichi]]
+*Yamanashi Prefecture: [[Takeda Chiyosaburo]]
 ==Events==
 *March 1 &ndash; [[1903 Japanese general election]]: The [[Rikken Seiyūkai]] party remained the largest in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]], winning 175 of the 376 seats, but lost its majority.
-*July 7 &ndash; [[Momijigari (film)|Momijigari]], the oldest extant Japanese film, premiers. It runs until August 1. <ref name=Irie>{{cite journal|last1=Irie|first1=Yoshiro|title=Saiko no Nihon eiga ni tsuite|journal=Tōkyō Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kenkyū Kiyō|date=2009|issue=13|page=67|url=http://www.momat.go.jp/research/kiyo/13/pp65_91.pdf|accessdate=9 December 2014|publisher=National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo|language=Japanese|issn=0914-7489|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119181900/http://www.momat.go.jp/research/kiyo/13/pp65_91.pdf|archivedate=19 January 2013|df=}}</ref>
+*July 7 &ndash; [[Momijigari (film)|Momijigari]], the oldest extant Japanese film, premiers. It runs until August 1.<ref name=Irie>{{cite journal|last1=Irie|first1=Yoshiro|title=Saiko no Nihon eiga ni tsuite|journal=Tōkyō Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kenkyū Kiyō|date=2009|issue=13|page=67|url=http://www.momat.go.jp/research/kiyo/13/pp65_91.pdf|access-date=9 December 2014|publisher=National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo|language=ja|issn=0914-7489|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119181900/http://www.momat.go.jp/research/kiyo/13/pp65_91.pdf|archive-date=19 January 2013}}</ref>
+* Unknown date &ndash; [[Kagome (company)|Kagome]] was founded, as predecessor name was Aichi Tomato Food Processing in [[Tokai, Aichi]] [[Prefecture]].{{page needed|date=May 2020}}
 ==Births==
-* January 2 &ndash; [[Kane Tanaka]], supercentenarian
+* January 2 – [[Kane Tanaka]], supercentenarian (oldest verified Japanese person and the second oldest verified person ever) (d. [[2022 in Japan|2022]])
-*Jnaaury 7 &ndash; [[Mori Mari]], author  (d. [[1987 in Japan|1987]])
+*January 7 – [[Mori Mari]], author  (d. [[1987 in Japan|1987]])
-*January 25 &ndash; [[Fumiko Kaneko]], anarchist (d. [[1926 in Japan|1926]])<ref>The exact dates of Kaneko’s life are uncertain. The official record lists her birthday as January 25th, 1902, but this record was created years after her birth, and is therefore unreliable (see Early Life section). Her date of birth listed here is based on coinciding statements made by both of her parents. More information: {{harvp|Raddeker|1997|pp=202–203}}.</ref>
+*January 25 – [[Fumiko Kaneko]], anarchist (d. [[1926 in Japan|1926]]){{efn|The exact dates of Kaneko’s life are uncertain. The official record lists her birthday as January 25, 1902, but this record was created years after her birth, and is therefore unreliable. Her date of birth listed here is based on coinciding statements made by both of her parents.<ref>{{cite book |last=Raddeker |first=Hélène Bowen |year=1997 |title=Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan: Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies |location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415171120 |pages=202–203}}</ref>}}
-*February 3 &ndash; [[Yasutarō Yagi]], screen writer (d. [[1987 in Japan|1987]])
+*February 3 – [[Yasutarō Yagi]], screenwriter (d. [[1987 in Japan|1987]])
-*February 18 &ndash; [[Tokihiko Okada]], silent film actor (d. [[1934 in Japan|1934]])
+*February 5 – [[Koto Matsudaira]], diplomat (d. [[1994 in Japan|1994]])
-*March 6 &ndash; [[Empress Kōjun]], empress consort of Emperor [[Hirohito]] (d. [[2000 in Japan|2000]])
+*February 18 – [[Tokihiko Okada]], silent film actor (d. [[1934 in Japan|1934]])
-*March 30 &ndash; [[Chiezō Kataoka]], actor (d. [[1983 in Japan|1983]])
+*March 6 – [[Empress Kōjun]], empress consort of Emperor [[Hirohito]] (d. [[2000 in Japan|2000]])
-*June 8 &ndash; [[Yukie Chiri]], [[Ainu people|Ainu]] transcriber and translator (d. [[1922 in Japan|1922]])
+*March 30 – [[Chiezō Kataoka]], actor (d. [[1983 in Japan|1983]])
-*June 22 &ndash; [[Jiro Horikoshi]], Aircraft designer and engineer (d. [[1982 in Japan|1982]])
+*April 11 - [[Misuzu Kaneko]], poet (d. [[1930 in Japan|1930]])
-*August 3 &ndash; [[Roppa Furukawa]], film actor (d. [[1961 in Japan|1961]])
+*May 19 - [[Shimoe Akiyama]], Japanese supercentenarian (d. [[2019 in Japan|2019]])
-*September 7 &ndash; [[Kensaku Shimaki]], writer (d. [[1945 in Japan|1945]])
+*June 8 – [[Yukie Chiri]], [[Ainu people|Ainu]] transcriber and translator (d. [[1922 in Japan|1922]])
-*October 1 &ndash; [[Yoshiyuki Tsuruta]], Olympic swimmer (d. [[1986 in Japan|1986]])
+*June 22 – [[Jiro Horikoshi]], aircraft designer and engineer (d. [[1982 in Japan|1982]])
-*October 13 &ndash; [[Takiji Kobayashi]], writer (d. [[1933 in Japan|1933]])
+*August 3 – [[Roppa Furukawa]], film actor (d. [[1961 in Japan|1961]])
-*December 12 &ndash; [[Yasujirō Ozu]], film director and screen writer (d. [[1963 in Japan|1963]])
+*September 7 – [[Kensaku Shimaki]], writer (d. [[1945 in Japan|1945]])
-*December 31 &ndash; [[Fumiko Hayashi (author)|Fumiko Hayashi]], writer (d. [[1951 in Japan|1951]])
+*October 1 – [[Yoshiyuki Tsuruta]], Olympic swimmer (d. [[1986 in Japan|1986]])
+*October 13 – [[Takiji Kobayashi]], writer (d. [[1933 in Japan|1933]])
+*November 3 – [[Shizue Tatsuta|Shizue Shiono]], film actor (d. [[1962 in Japan|1962]])<ref>{{cite book | author=Kinema Junpōsha | title=日本映画俳優全集・女優編 | trans-title=Complete Works of Japanese Film Actors and Actresses | location=Tōkyō | publisher=Kinema Junpōsha | year=1980 | page=424 | oclc=22823615 | language=JA}}</ref>
+*December 12 – [[Yasujirō Ozu]], film director and screenwriter (d. [[1963 in Japan|1963]])
+*December 31 – [[Fumiko Hayashi (author)|Fumiko Hayashi]], writer (d. [[1951 in Japan|1951]])
 ==Deaths==
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 *September 13 &ndash; [[Ichikawa Danjūrō IX]], kabuki actor (b. 1838)
 *October 30 &ndash; [[Ozaki Kōyō]], author (b. 1868)
+==Notes==
+{{noteslist}}
 ==References==
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+[[Category:1903 in Asia]]

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